rare events but whose frequency is increasing

The spectacular accident in Japan is a feared disaster scenario in the airports. In 2001, a fog covers Milan airport, when a jet collided with a plane of Ligneous taking off. He crashes into the deposit has baggage, causing 118 deaths. In 2006, to Madrid, the wing of a plane hit another plane on the tarmac without causing any casualties. But in 1977, an airport collision from Tenerife leaves 583 dead: the worst accident ofhistory of aviation. “We are really on a event particularly rare because he implies errors and inconsistencies on the part, perhaps, of the plane which would have engaged in the wrong momentof the approaching plane which would not have seen it and which would be engaged on the track, Control Tower which does not happen really to monitor the situation”explains Xavier Tytelmanspecialist in aeronautics.

Incidents have doubled

But incidents on airport tarmacs have doubled in the last ten years according to a report from the US Federal Aviation Agency. Every month, dozens of collisions are avoided between two planes or with road vehicles. The report highlights the lack of staff in control towers, and few airports are equipped with anti-collision systems. “We will exceed 4.5 billion passengers. (…) So that requires even more training and more more ofequipment, especially at small airports”says Gérard Feldzer, president of Aviation Sans Frontières. A need then Qeu some builderss estimate that the number ofplanes in the world will double within 20 years.